Date: 5/29/25 10:10 pm From: eBird alert via groups.io <alert.ebird...> Subject: [slocobirding] [eBird Alert] San Luis Obispo County Rare Bird Alert
*** Species Summary:
- Cackling Goose (1 report)
- Common Merganser (2 reports)
- Vaux's Swift (1 report)
- California Condor (2 reports)
- Indigo Bunting (2 reports)
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Cackling Goose (Branta hutchinsii) (1)
- Reported May 29, 2025 09:18 by Herb Elliott
- San Luis Obispo Creek Lagoon, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.7364416&<ll...>,-120.7364416 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S244242752 - Media: 4 Photos
- Comments: "... smaller and more compact than the nearby Canada Geese; with a shorter neck, smaller bill, and a white collar separating its chest and neck - continuing bird.
... right leg injury
... foraging with Canada Geese on the golf course close to the pedestrian bridge"
Common Merganser (Mergus merganser) (1)
- Reported May 29, 2025 08:55 by Kathleen Kent
- Salina’s River trail South of Templeton HS, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.71064&<ll...>,-120.71064 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S244326937 - Comments: "Female COME on the shore next to a pond being formed behind a beaver dam on the Salinas River just south of Templeton High School. Rust colored head with a shaggy crest on the back of the head; bright orange, long slender beak; gray body. Actually spotted by Roger Hammer whom I happened to meet along the Salina’s River."
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